Working hours for all universities, colleges in Assam change; Faculty attendance mandatory: Ranoj Pegu

According to the official advisory released by the education department, "The working hours of Provincialized/ Govt./PDUAM Colleges of Assam is preponed to 9:00 AM from the existing 10:00 a.m. so that the overall working period becomes 09:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM. The Tiffin/Lunch Hour is scheduled from 1:00 P M to 2:00 PM."

Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu share an official advisory released by the Higher Education Department of Assam to all the teaching and non-teaching staff of provincialised/Govt./PDUAM Colleges of the state for bringing vibrancy to the collegiate system and implementing NEP-2020 in its letter and spirit. The minister in his latest tweet stated that duties, responsibilities and schedules have been defined as per NEP and UGC norms.

Faculty attendance should be regularly ensured

The notice stated, “The working hours of Provincialized/ Govt./PDUAM Colleges of Assam is preponed to 9:00 AM from the existing 10:00 a.m. so that the overall working period becomes 09:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM. The Tiffin/Lunch Hour is scheduled from 1:00 P M to 2:00 PM. The attendance of the Faculty Members should be regularly ensured through technical intervention as mentioned in the College service rules. But some flexibility should be provided so that the faculty members can visit the libraries and attend assigned activities within and outside the campus.”

Interactive research hours for faculty members should be four hours on two weekdays

 It further added, “The stipulated contact hours in teaching and other defined activities should be carried out in letter and spirit. The teachers should be assigned library hours for the students and research scholars, which will help activate the departmental libraries. Interactive research hours for faculty members should be a total of four hours on two weekdays.”

“Examination, both internal as well as external, should be taken seriously. There should be a definite model for conducting internal examinations and returning evaluated scripts within a stipulated time frame. The evaluation of the scripts of the external examination and declaration of the results should also be completed timely. Defaulters need to be made accountable,” the notice stated.

Answer scripts to be checked and returned within 7 days of exams

“Internal assessment and consultation with the students: Answer scripts need to be checked and returned to the students within 7 days of examination. Results of the semester examination: The evaluation of the answer scripts is to be completed within 15 days from the date of completion of the examination, and the result should be published within one month. Mentoring of the students: There must be an appraisal meeting on mentoring of students once a month. Report on these appraisal meetings as part of the Academic Module should be uploaded to the Samarth eGov portal. Samarth eGov will be used for Documentation: The ranking of Colleges, whether NIRF or NAAC, depends on documentation. Therefore, proper documentation of all the activities should be taken care of,” it added.

Check the official notice below:

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